Letter, from Edward James Stone to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Reference number: HS/17/240
Date: 29 May 1866

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Autograph letter signed by sender, with diagrams. In response to a letter from John Frederick William Herschel [the Royal Astronomical Society Monthly Notices, 26 (1866), 299-300] giving eye estimations of magnitudes of stars about Epsilon Coronae, suggests that the star John Frederick William Herschel observed may be 'the new variable' [T Coronae]. Reports Greenwich observations of this new variable star.
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- HS/17/240
- Earliest possible date
- 29 May 1866
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward James Stone, Letter, from Edward James Stone to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 29 May 1866, HS/17/240, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_240/letter-from-edward-james-stone-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-observatory-greenwich, accessed on 09 February 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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Edward James Stone
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John Frederick William Herschel
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